The Warring States Conundrum

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Seymour Grufferman MD

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491_9780692091227

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.Winston Sage, MD, an epidemiologist, and his wife Julia move to New Mexico for apeaceful retirement in picturesque, artsy Santa Fe. At a welcoming party, as a way ofintroducing himself to the new community, Sage boasts of his experience in tracingpeople. A neighbor hears about this and asks Sage for help in finding his wife who hasrecently disappeared. Sage, a medical detective who always wanted to play a realdetective, gets involved, thereby opening a Pandora’s box of life-changing escapades.Sage becomes obsessed with trying to find the missing wife. He learns that she is anowner of a successful gallery on Canyon Road, specializing in ancient Asian art. He alsolearns that she recently acquired expertise in Chinese ceramics of the Warring States Era(435-221 BCE) under the mentorship of a high-ranking Chinese-American nuclearscientist at Los Alamos National Laboratories. As Sage persists in nagging everyonewith questions, the FBI warns him to stay away from the nuclear scientist, a top securityfigure. At this point, an unexpected attempt is made on Sage’s life and he is then takeninto protective custody. In a surprise ending, the long sought-after Los Alamos mole isuncovered.

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